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A deal is underway to protect over 1,000 acres in Maunawili Valley, located in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua. Groups are working to keep the prime agricultural land in production to help with food security — and they’re also stepping up efforts to raise $500,000 toward that effort.
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Honolulu Board of Water Supply Chief Engineer Ernie Lau gives an update on water conservation and looks back at the impact of the massive fuel spill from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
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Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today only 12 are still alive.
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The 2026 legislative session is next month, and advocates are pushing for Hawai‘i's lawmakers to pass bills that focus on LGBTQ issues. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on their top priorities.
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This fall, each state's National Guard received a federal directive to assemble 500 troops for a "quick reaction force" to be deployed to address civil disturbance and crowd control.
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The program has grown, with this year’s Hoʻākea event attracting more than 1,000 fourth graders and teachers from public schools in the Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani Complex Area on Oʻahu.
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Together, authors Dee and Jack Buckingham collected more than 150 archival images for the book “Images of America: World War II Hawaii." The pair spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about gathering the photographs and Dee's latest book, "Code Name Rascal."
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A bill ordering the Honolulu Police Department to share information with news outlets has passed through its final hearing at the Honolulu City Council.
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More than a year and a half of contentious discussion over short-term rentals in Maui County is nearing a final decision. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.
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The Kauaʻi Cultural Program and Events Grant is for any programs or events that take place entirely on Kauaʻi that preserve and perpetuate the island and state’s culture.
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Companies that ship in goods from China have adopted a strategy to diversify their supply chains. Hawaiʻi shipping company Matson is shifting its service to accommodate this China Plus One strategy.
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Filmmaker Mikey Inouye and cast members of "Mālama Mākua," Sparky Rodrigues and Lynette Cruz, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about their new documentary about the decades-long fight to take Mākua Valley back from the Army.